Comments on: Make a Quick Backup of a File from the Command Linehttp://osxdaily.com/2012/06/11/make-a-quick-backup-of-a-file-from-the-command-line/
News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPadFri, 18 Aug 2017 04:53:48 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1By: Erichttp://osxdaily.com/2012/06/11/make-a-quick-backup-of-a-file-from-the-command-line/#comment-397551
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:31:01 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=30915#comment-397551That one is so useful. A time saver. I use it with ”mv” as well.

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It’s also good for replacing the edited file with the backup (eg original copy) by moving the comma to the end. :)

Ctrl-w erases the previous word and ctrl-y pastes it back again (plus a trailing space).

$0.02,
Jonathan

]]>By: jeffhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/06/11/make-a-quick-backup-of-a-file-from-the-command-line/#comment-397108
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:17:59 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=30915#comment-397108since i hate trying to quickly type {}’s, i’ll stick with my standard. using autocomplete makes it the same amount of keys about, but less to remember for me.